On the record
Whenever the natural law is sufficiently certain to all men's minds to justify its being enacted, it is sufficiently certain to need no enactment.
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Lysander Spooner
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gutenberg.orgWhenever the natural law is sufficiently certain to all men's minds to justify its being enacted, it is sufficiently certain to need no enactment.
Spooner argues that if natural law is clear, it does not need formal enactment.
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